Benjamin Lord

Benjamin Lord (1694–1776) was a prominent Connecticut Congregationalist minister and theologian whose pastoral leadership at the Durham church spanned over five decades during a transformative period in American religious history. His theological writings, particularly *Religion and Government Subsisting Together in Society*, engaged contemporary debates about the proper relationship between ecclesiastical and civil authority during the Great Awakening and its aftermath. Lord's work exemplified the moderate Calvinist tradition of New England Congregationalism while addressing the practical challenges of maintaining religious establishment in an increasingly pluralistic colonial society.